Won't You Be My Neighbor? at Cine

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

94 mins |
Rated
PG13

Directed by Morgan Neville

Starring Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers led a singular life. He was a puppeteer. A minister. A musician. An educator. A father, a husband, and a neighbor. Fred Rogers spent 50 years on children’s television beseeching us to love and to allow ourselves to be loved. With television as his pulpit, he helped transform the very concept of childhood. He used puppets and play to explore the most complicated issues of the day—race, disability, equality and tragedy. He spoke directly to children and they responded by forging a lifelong bond with him—by the millions. And yet today his impact is unclear. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? explores the question of whether or not we have lived up to Fred's ideal. Are we all good neighbors.

GUEST SPEAKER: Join us on Monday, September 17th at 7:45p for a special encore introduction with TIMOTHY ADAMS JR., who was the last musician to appear on the Mr. Rogers show, and will offer insights from this unique experience. A former Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Adams is currently the Heyward Professor of Music and Chair of Percussion at UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and lives in Athens with his wife and son.

Fred Rogers led a singular life. He was a puppeteer. A minister. A musician. An educator. A father, a husband, and a neighbor. Fred Rogers spent 50 years on children’s television beseeching us to love and to allow ourselves to be loved. With television as his pulpit, he helped transform the very concept of childhood. He used puppets and play to explore the most complicated issues of the day—race, disability, equality and tragedy. He spoke directly to children and they responded by forging a lifelong bond with him—by the millions. And yet today his impact is unclear. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? explores the question of whether or not we have lived up to Fred's ideal. Are we all good neighbors.

GUEST SPEAKER: Join us on Monday, September 17th at 7:45p for a special encore introduction with TIMOTHY ADAMS JR., who was the last musician to appear on the Mr. Rogers show, and will offer insights from this unique experience. A former Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Adams is currently the Heyward Professor of Music and Chair of Percussion at UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and lives in Athens with his wife and son.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

94 mins |
Rated
PG13
| Documentary

Directed by Morgan Neville
|
Starring Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers led a singular life. He was a puppeteer. A minister. A musician. An educator. A father, a husband, and a neighbor. Fred Rogers spent 50 years on children’s television beseeching us to love and to allow ourselves to be loved. With television as his pulpit, he helped transform the very concept of childhood. He used puppets and play to explore the most complicated issues of the day—race, disability, equality and tragedy. He spoke directly to children and they responded by forging a lifelong bond with him—by the millions. And yet today his impact is unclear. WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? explores the question of whether or not we have lived up to Fred's ideal. Are we all good neighbors.

GUEST SPEAKER: Join us on Monday, September 17th at 7:45p for a special encore introduction with TIMOTHY ADAMS JR., who was the last musician to appear on the Mr. Rogers show, and will offer insights from this unique experience. A former Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Adams is currently the Heyward Professor of Music and Chair of Percussion at UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music, and lives in Athens with his wife and son.